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UF cardiologists use new device to treat atrial fibrillation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 16, 2011) – University of Florida cardiologists are now using a new cryoballoon catheter system. Approved by the Food and Drug Association in December, the technology is designed for use in patients who are unresponsive to drug treatment for paroxysmal or intermittent atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is…

Fulbright Scholar Program Information

Welcome to the 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar Core Competition! As many of you may know, we started the competition cycle on February 1. The annual deadline for these awards is August 1. The 2012-13 catalog of awards list more than 800 awards in over 125 countries. As campus representatives, the Institute…

Introducing The Q Report for quality initiatives

As you know, a key goal of the UF&Shands strategic plan is to focus on the patient experience, from providing the highest-quality, safest care to addressing issues of access and hospitality throughout our health system. No matter our individual role, we can all make an individual commitment to putting…

Translational research data repositories

i2b2 – Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2) is an NIH-funded National Center for Biomedical Computing based at Partners HealthCare System. i2b2 has been released as a collection of open source software tools that facilitate the collection and aggregation of patient data, both clinical and research, into a…